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Phishing is a type of cyberattack in which a criminal attempts to trick you into providing private information, such as your bank account number or Social Security number, for the purpose of stealing your money or your identity. Information technology research firm Gartner, Inc. estimates phishing scams cost U.S. businesses nearly $3 billion per year. Reporting phishing scams helps prevent others from falling victim to them.

If You Still Have the Phishing Email

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If You Still Have the Phishing Email: Visit Yahoo Mail (see Resources) in a Web browser. Sign into your account, if necessary.

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Locate the phishing email in your inbox, trash or spam folder and click the selection box next to it.

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Click the chevron next to "Spam" on the toolbar. Don't click "Spam" directly or the message will simply be marked as spam and moved to your Spam folder.

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Click "Report a Phishing Scam" on the menu that appears. The email is reported to Yahoo and removed from your inbox.

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About the Author

Based in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mike Venture has been writing since 2005. He has written for the RAND Corporation, Sterling & Ross Publishers and Metropol Literary Agency. He has also worked as a technical writer at several software start-ups. Venture holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh.